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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Jan Spielmann, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Michael Zeilinger, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Juergen Wortmann, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Frieder Borgmeier, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of methane sulfonic acid (MSA) by reaction of a radical initiator composition with methane and sulfur trioxide comprising the steps (a) preparation of the intiator composition by reacting aqueous hydrogen peroxide with the components methane sulfonic acid and methane sulfonic acid anhydride and (b) reaction of the initiator composition from step (a) with sulfur trioxide and methane to form methane sulfonic acid. The invention further relates to the use of methane sulfonic acid anhydride (MSA anhydride) in said process and to methane sulfonic acid manufactured by said process.